

PCICS Podcast
The Podcast for Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
We discuss various topics in pediatric cardiac intensive care, cardiology, cardiac surgery, and anesthesia. Episodes include challenging cases, new science, journal clubs, humanity topics, current events, education, and novel ICU therapies with guests from pediatric cardiac ICUs across the world and other leaders in the field. The PCICS Podcast is the official podcast of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society and is the longest-running podcast for pediatric cardiology and pediatric cardiac critical care. Executive Producers: David Werho, Saidie Rodriguez, Deanna Tzanetos.
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Feb 13, 2025 • 54min
PCICS Podcast Episode 125: Feedback - Why is it so difficult to give and receive?
Join hosts Saidie Rodriguez, MD (Children's Healthcare of Atlanta) and Lillian Su, MD (Phoenix Children's Hospital) as they interview Ndidi Musa, MD (Univ of Washington), Mary McBride MD (Northwestern University) and Catherine Allan MD (Cleveland Clinic) on the challenges of feedback. They provide tips and a framework that was originally presented at the 2024 annual meeting. This serves as a follow up to a podcast from 3 years ago, Episode 68, which has >2,800 listens!
Editor/Producer:Lillian Su, MD

Jan 28, 2025 • 57min
PCICS Podcast Episode 124: What Science Tells Us about High Performing Teams
Ready to take a deep dive into what science says about high performing teams and what makes them perform so well when faced with unexpected events? Join host Lillian Su, MD (Phoenix Children's) interview 2 team researchers, Mara Waller PhD (Colorado State University, York University) and Seth Kaplan PhD (George Mason University) whose work has been featured in Harvard Business Review and the Wall Street Journal. They discuss their recently published book, Crisis Ready Teams- Data driven lessons from aviation, nuclear power, emergency medicine and mine rescue.
Producer/Editor: Lillian Su, MD
Sponsor: CHOP

Jan 16, 2025 • 28min
PCICS Podcast Episode 123: Top QI Abstracts 2024: Part 1 of 2
PCICS Podcast Episode 123: Top QI Abstracts 2024: Part 1 of 2 by The Podcast for Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Jan 6, 2025 • 31min
PCICS Podcast Episode 122: Abdominal Compressions as an Alternate to Traditional CPR
Join us for this episode where host Dr. Deanna Tzanetos (Norton Children's Hospital/U of Lousville) and guest Dr. Rick Fernandez (Nationwide Children's Hospital) discuss the findings of his abstract "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Employing Only Abdominal Compressions in Infants after Cardiac Surgery" presented at the annual meeting in San Diego this past December. Dr. Fernandez shares his institutional experience with this novel approach to abdominal compressions during resuscitation of high-risk infants and how this modified CPR might serve as a unique alternative to traditional chest compressions.
Host: Deanna Todd Tzanetos, MD, MSCI (Norton Children's Hospital/U of Louisville)
Editor/Producer: Christopher Knoll, MD (Phoenix Children's)

Dec 15, 2024 • 49min
PCICS Podcast Episode 121: Design Thinking- A Different Way to Approach Problems in the CVICU
Confused about what "design thinking" means? Join host Dr. Saidie Rodriguez (Children's Healthcare of Atlanta) as she interviews Dr. Seth Gray (Sick Kids, Toronto), Dr. Charles Lawson (Royal Children's, Melbourne), Dr. Rochus Hinkel (U of Melbourne) and Dr. Lillian Su (Phoenix Children's) on their design thinking session at the 2024 PCICS Annual Conference in November. They discuss what design thinking is, and how it can apply to designing care for our patients and our teams in the CVICU.
Producer and Editor: Lillian Su (PCH)
Sponsor: Lurie Children's Hospital. Includes a special announcement of our new executive producer!

Dec 2, 2024 • 53min
PCICS Podcast Episode 120: NewsTalk - The 2024 PCICS Meeting Recap
Join David Werho (Rady Children's Hospital), Lillian Su (Phoenix Children's Hospital), Saidie Rodriguez (Children's Healthcare of Atlanta), Jill Zender (Children's Health, Dallas), Kim DiMaria (C.S. Mott Children's Hospital), and Carly Scahill (Children's Hospital Colorado) as they recap the events of the 2024 PCICS Meeting in San Diego, CA.

Nov 15, 2024 • 53min
PCICS Podcast Episode 119: Interprofessional Education Development
Join us for the conversation regarding innovating multi-disciplinary education across a unified Pediatric Heart Center, with guests: Abbie Patera, BSN, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN-K , Manager of Clinical Education (Children's Healthcare of Atlanta) and Shanelle Clarke, MD Medical Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (Children's Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory Univ).
Host/Editor/Producer: Saidie Rodriguez, MD (Children's Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory Univ)

Oct 31, 2024 • 23min
PCICS Podcast Episode 118: Environmental Sustainability in the ICU Part 2
Episode 118 Environmental Sustainability in the ICU Part 2
Part 2 of a 2 part series on the environmental impact of critical care practice.
Guests:
Michele Domico, MD, FCCM Children’s Hospital of Orange County, California
Megan Elizabeth Gooch, MD Houston Methodist Hospital
Laura M. Blackburn, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM Houston Methodist Hospital
Host/Editor/Producer:
Deanna Todd Tzanetos, MD, MSCI Norton Children's Hospital/University of Louisville
Supplemental materials are available to members only, free of charge. Registration is required to access the materials. Diagrams can be accessed by PCICS members in our LMS Supplemental Materials.

Oct 17, 2024 • 53min
PCICS Podcast Episode 117: PCICS Committees
Have you ever wondered what opportunities there are to get more involved in PCICS? Do you want to know more about how the society functions and what the various committees are responsible for? If so, this episode is for you. Join hosts Deanna Todd Tzanetos, MD, MSCI (Norton Children's) and Lillian Su, MD (Phoenix Children's) with committee co-chairs:
Bistra Zheleva (Children's Heart Link) - International Committee
Carly Scahill, DO (Childrens Hospital of Colorado)- Program Committee
David Werho, MD (Rady Childrens)- Finance Committee
Greg Yurasek, MD (Children's National) and Kimberly DiMaria, DNP, CPNP-AC (U of Michigan) - Quality Improvement Committee
Anna Fisk, PhD, RN (Boston Childrens) and Jamie Penk, MD (Lurie Childrens) - Research Committee
Nikhil Chelani, MD (Childrens of Atlanta - Special Interest Groups
Neha Purkey, MD (Stanford) and Susan Hupps, MD (Childrens of Atlanta) - Education Committee
LaTasha Lewis, MD (Memorial Hermann) and Rebecca Sam, MSN, RN, CPN, CCRN (Children's Heart Institute UT Health Houston) - DEI Committee
Claire Rizk, MSN, CPNP, PC/AC (Texas Childrens) and Deanna Tzanetos, MD - Connections Committee
Editor/Producer: Deanna Tzanetos, MD, MSCI

Oct 1, 2024 • 31min
PCICS Podcast Episode 116: Environmental Sustainability in the ICU Part 1
Part 1 of a 2 part series on the environmental impact of critical care practice.
Guests: Michele Domico, MD, FCCM Children’s Hospital of Orange County, California; Megan Elizabeth Gooch, MD Houston Methodist Hospital; Laura M. Blackburn, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM Houston Methodist Hospital
Host/Editor/Producer: Deanna Todd Tzanetos, MD, MSCI Norton
Children's Hospital/University of Louisville
Supplemental materials are available to members only, free of charge. Registration is required to access the materials. Diagrams can be accessed by PCICS members in our LMS Supplemental Materials.